2 Chronicles 10:8

World English Bible (WEB)

But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me about how to answer these people?”

7 They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

8 But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

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WEB World English Bible: But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
KJV King James Version: But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
ASV American Standard Version: But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
DBY Darby Translation: But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.
WBS Webster Bible: But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.